The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-06-08

berry festival Friday evening, with literary
exercises. The receipts were S18. -
The Zozo company had a large audience.
- Jack Cassidy, an employe of Gordon
& Marr, while assisting in unloading granite
at the firms yard below the depot last
week, was very seriously injured by the fall
of heavy stone from the derrick, a dis
tance of about seven feet, crushing one leg.
= Company e, n. G.. ", held its annual
election of officers at the armory last week
Thursday evening, June ID, and the follow
ing were elected: Clerk, Frank w. Jack
son; treasurer, Frank f. Cave armorer,
Ed. Samson quartermaster-sergean G..
NJ Goss. This company will hereafter be
known as the spencer Rifles" in honor
of the first captain, Carl M. Spencer.
Berlin.
DIR. AND Mrs. SAMUEL n. NELSON have
recently been visiting Mrs. Nelson's people
in this town, she being the youngest daugh-
ter of the late Rollin II. Stewart. They are
located at No. 90 Mt Vernon street, Boston,
where the doctor has an Office. In con-
nection with his general practice he has
established laboratory for pathological
examinations, etc, in which he is an expert
specialist, having had unusual hospital and
foreign advantages, and we trust his skill
will be abundantly used, as there is little
reason to doubt. The friends of NJ.
w. Andrews have given him $50 or more to
partly compensate him for the loss of three
COWS anu II UWO-NtdT-Olu nb1Ier killed ny
lightning on the afternoon of May 9th. Mr..
Andrews desires in this public manner to
return his sincere thanks to all for the
timely assistance. 60 Miss Ida A. Bailey,
who has been confined to her bed for the
past ten days with scarlet fever, is slowly
recovering No new cases have as yet ap-
peared.
CHILDREN's DAY is to be observed at the
Congregational and Methodist churches
next Sabbath. At the Methodist church the
exercises by the children are to be held at
the time of the regular morning service. At
the Congregational church short sermon
is to be delivered to the children in the fore
noon. At one o'clock Sabbath-school con-
cert will be held. - Mr.. Charles Rogers
from Cooke, Neb., is visiting his parents
Mr.. and Mrs. Daniel Rogers. - Freedom
Hill and his brother have commenced the
job of peeling fifty cords of bark for George
Kmball. - The hotel has been closed
and there is no prospect of its being re-
opened at present. This is the first time in
fifty years when the travelling public have
been denied hotel accommodations in this
village. - Mr.. Earl Webster and wife
of Piermont, n. H., have been visiting their
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Lance, during
the past week.
Mr.. JOHN SHEDD of this town committed
suicide June I'd by hanging. He had been
much depressed in spirits the past winter
by the serious condition of his only daugh-
ter, who is suffering from cancer, which has
been pronounced by her physicians incura-
BILE. Mr.. Shedd was seventy-two years
and nine months old. and had resided
nearly all his life in Hardwick where he
was highly respected and where the remains
were taken for burial. He leaves widow
and one daughter, Mrs NJ. S; Hathaway
of this town. Services We're held at the
house of NJ. S. Hathaway by Mrs. Emma
| Paul of Morrisville. - The Fourth of
July will be celebrated in this place under
the auspices of Stowe Post, G.. A. r. 1t is
expected that scenes from the war will be
reproduced. Look for programme next
week.
East Calais.
THERE was practice game of baseball
here last Saturday afternoon between the
| North Montpelier nine and a picked-up
nine here, resulting in victory for the
| former. - Mr.. Alden Hopkins recently
had the misfortune to lose one of his cows
| by its getting a leg broken. - The fam
lilies of A. ID. Pearce, w. l.. Pierce and L. b.
Drew enjoyed the treat of warm sugar on
! snow on Sunday, June 9TH The snow was
obtained in S. III. Fosters sugar-orchard
| The same day Mr.. Drew's people had ripe
field strawberries. b. =. White and
from Greensboro. They report good luck
during the last two weeks fishing. In the
| last two and half days they caught over
two hundred trout. - Freeman Gray
made bad cut in one of his hands with an
adj he was using one day last week.
North Montpelier.
THE farmers are to meet at Union vestry
hall next Friday evening at half-past seven
o'clock to talk over and act upon the ques-
ton of building and running creamery in
this village. 1t is hoped that every farmer
into In thn tx.rfn la, ~.
express an opinion. 80 That Comical
Brown drew a large house at the vestry
hall last week Saturday evening, giving a
very satisfactory entertainment. -
Harold e. Nye, who has been spending
the winter and spring months in Maiden,
Mass, is home for week or ten days stay.
Fayston.
JAMES MCCAUGHIN lost good horse last
week. 1t was cast in the stall and in its
struggle to get up ruptured one of the intes.
tines - Mrs. Hugh Baird has been
very sick, but is convalescing rapidly. -
Springs work is finished and most of the
crops are up through the ground and are look.
ing finely. Grass looks remarkably well al
this season of the year.
Marshfield.
INTELLIGENCE has been received from
Boston of the death of Warren Haskins, a
native of this town, who married Cynthia
Putnam Woodcock, daughter of John d.
Woodcock. Two years ago the deceased
purchased place in this town, upon which
he and his wife had resided summers, re-
turning to Boston to pass the winter
months. - The children of Horace Pike
met at Duran Bakers last week for family
visit. The occasion was an enjoyable one
80 Burt NJ. Shepard and Burt Parks
made flying visit home last Sunday
- Those interested will please bear in
mind that to-day and tomorrow (Wednes
day and Thursday is the time fixed upon
for making repairs in and about the town
cemetery, - b. f. Haviland of Danville
and Mr.. Stimson of Boston are in town buy.
ing horses. =- Rev. Joseph Hamilton OF
Woodstock will preach at the Methodist
church next Sunday - The Young
Woman's Christian Temperance Union met
at the vestry last Saturday evening. Clark
Bent treated the company to some nice
apples which proved to be quite luxury
at this time of the year - Duran
Baker has sold his mare to Mr.. Waldo OF
Cabot and bought hree-year-old colt
- The liquor agency has been removed
to the residence of DR.. Packer, the new ap'
pontee to the position of agent. -
George o. Davis has commenced haying
- Henry Blake is on the sick list.
Middlesex.
A FEW days since Henry F. Turney was
the recipient of nice COW, to take the place
of the one he lost few weeks ago-the re-